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A Companion to Cultural Studies

ISBN: 978-0-470-99879-3

May 2008

Wiley-Blackwell

600 pages

Description

Experts from five continents provide a thorough exploration of cultural studies, looking at different ideas, places and problems addressed by the field.

  • Brings together the latest work in cultural studies and provides a synopsis of critical trends
  • Showcases thirty contributors from five continents
  • Addresses the key topics in the field, the relationship of cultural studies to other disciplines, and cultural studies around the world
  • Offers a gritty introduction for the neophyte who is keen to find out what cultural studies is, and covers in-depth debates to satisfy the appetite of the advanced scholar
  • Includes a comprehensive bibliography and a listing of cultural studies websites
  • Now available in paperback for the course market.
About the Author
Toby Miller is Professor of Cultural Studies and Cultural Policy at New York University. He is co-editor, with Robert Stam, of Blackwell's Film & Theory: An Anthology (2000) and A Companion to Film Theory (2000), and is the author of a wide range of work in cultural studies including Technologies of Truth (1998), Popular Culture and Everyday Life (1998), and Globalization and Sport (2001). He is also co-editor of the journal Social Text and editor of the journal Television Studies and New Media.
Features

  • Provides a magisterial overview of the field of cultural studies

  • Showcases thirty writers from five continents

  • Considers what cultural studies is and what it is not

  • Includes a comprehensive bibiliography and a listing of cultural studies websites